Britain's general election and France's cantonal elections had shown how the yeast of suffering and liberation had leavened men's minds. Last week:
¶ In Norway's national election the left-of-center Labor Party, led by rugged, rocklike Einar Gerhardsen, returned to power with 77 seats in the 150-seat Storting. With a handful of results still to come, Labor was sure of an absolute majority for its intensified prewar program of a planned economy and socialized public utilities. The rightist and center parties lost ground. Communists scored the biggest gain: from nil to ten seats.
¶ Czechoslovakia's Communists made a big showing, which proved...
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